This post is part 1 of our 4-part series on this year’s finalists for the annual Children’s History Book Prize. Join us here on our History Detectives blog over the next few weeks as we interview the authors to learn more about their amazing books. We invite you to read all four finalists, then help…

This post is part 1 of our 4-part series on this year’s finalists for the annual Children’s History Book Prize. Join us here on our History Detectives blog over the next few weeks as we interview the authors to learn more about their amazing books. We invite you to read all four finalists, then help…

Happy Women’s History Month! This March, our Reading into History Family Book Club is celebrating women’s history with a story about one of the most remarkable women of the 20th century: Zora Neale Hurston! In 1928 Zora Neale Hurston graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University in New York City. She was not yet one…

Are you looking for a great book to share with a middle reader in your life? (Psst! You will love these, too!) Dig into the four finalists for this year’s New-York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize and visit us here on the blog to meet each of the authors and hear more about their…

Freedom! Tyranny! Slavery! These were words you would have heard all the time in the Revolutionary Era. This Black History Month, let’s think about what it might have felt like as a person of African descent to choose sides in that crucial moment: whether to gamble on a European power promising you freedom or to…

You don’t need us to tell you that chocolate is one of the most popular foods in the world, but how much do you know about chocolate history? Some parts of its past—especially its role in American history—might surprise you! This Presidents’ Day on Monday, February 18, we’ll be talking all about colonial chocolate history…

The New-York Historical Society and DiMenna Children’s History Museum celebrate African American history year-round, but we, and most other cultural institutions, pay special homage in February for African American History Month. Why? African American History Month, or Black History Month, started with one man: a historian, author, and teacher named Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950). Dr. Woodson…

In the mid-1800s, New York City was already on its way to becoming the dynamic metropolis we know today. Manhattan was a city of half a million people and about 15,000 of these New Yorkers were members of a free black community. Although this community’s place in our city’s history is often forgotten, it was…

The explosively fun musical The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge LIVE IN CONCERT returns to the New-York Historical Society in 2019! Packed with colorful characters, rich musical numbers, and a heartwarming message, the show comes to life at the Museum on Sunday, February 3, back by popular demand following a sold-out production back in 2017….

Today would have been the 77th birthday of legendary boxer and civil rights leader Muhammad Ali. New-York Historical has a legacy of interpreting Ali’s life, both on an ongoing basis through our Time Inc. Archive as well as through two specific exhibitions in 2017—“I Am King of the World”: Photographs of Muhammad Ali by George Kalinsky and…

On Saturday, January 19, we’re celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. weekend with a special program honoring the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards, featuring acclaimed children’s author and five-time recipient Sharon Draper! In 1969 Coretta Scott King started the awards to further her and her late husband’s work towards peace and brotherhood…